Pay-per-Performance

An interesting article on how textbooks receive premiums based on how well they perform.

http://campustechnology.com/articles/2012/06/11/western-governors-u-signs-textbook-pay-for-performance-deal.aspx?=CTNU

Tablets are the Future

5 Reasons why they are the future of classroom technology:

1. Standardization
2. Equal access for all students
3. Price
4. Awesome Functionality
5. They can be filtered to control what the students look at.

http://www.securedgenetworks.com/secure-edge-networks-blog/bid/50590/5-Reasons-Tablet-PC-s-are-the-future-of-Classroom-Technology

OAPEN

Focus on humanities and social sciences:

OAPEN combines the advantages of an independently operating commercial venture with the benefits of being embedded in the scholarly community. Joining the OAPEN network involves no membership costs, while giving you privileged access to information-sharing and lobbying that are an important part of the initiative. Listing your titles in the OAPEN Library involves a fee which starts at around €700, depending on the size of your frontlist, as well as the number of titles submitted to the OAPEN Library.

http://www.oapen.org/about?page=join

Coursera is an organization that provides very modular instructions from Stanford, Michigan, etc.

www.coursera.org

Akademos

Akademos value proposition
(helps professors identify what textbook to use for their class).

http://www.youtube.com/AkademosInc

Open learning idea (take classes from different universities, combine them, and get a college degree)... Genius!!

 

http://degreed.com

Chegg

Chegg's offering of eTextbook Reader

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xKU1LMl3CZM

http://www.chegg.com/etextbooks/